Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bernstein said he’s working ‘harder than ever’ after three months abroad
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Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein hugs Gretchen Whitmer after swearing her in as Michigan s 49th governor during the inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol in Lansing on Jan. 1, 2019. (Cory Morse | MLive.com)
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In Dubai since early January, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein mingled with kings and strolled the Persian Gulf boardwalk.
The 47-year-old from Birmingham appeared for nearly an hour on daytime Dubai TV show to discuss “determination” and overcoming his own disability as someone who, despite being born blind, succeeded in being elected to the state’s highest court.
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Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein has been working from the Middle East for nearly three months as part of an effort to spread cultural and disability awareness.
The 46-year-old blind justice has been participating in Michigan Supreme Court hearings and deliberations remotely, spending most of the last three months in Dubai.
Bernstein s story was profiled in The Jerusalem Post Wednesday, which reported the Birmingham resident had initially planned to quarantine in Dubai for two weeks before arriving in Israel when the Jerusalem borders closed.
But Bernstein, who is Jewish, disputed the Jerusalem Post report and said Thursday that he wasn t stuck in Dubai. Instead, he had been asked to stay longer than his initial two-week stay. He moved on to Tel Aviv on in recent days.